The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-13
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81" Iotte Cordsy.

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an -ost pleasure in stating briefly and
~ ,,, farms. What an able TO recall
u ~e,,.uuic young woman : lie.
$50. Co4cey VS. Born on " foreign
now iaeva &c normandy, named IN
as l,~-e s~pecslet gray horUcs
40. ..lo IS AMI gross ncc.9, that
..n...l2 10 engage IN haoiAs bocr
te and - lis free AMI tnc Rome
r.,.,o.te wse born in tho year 1898.
-..,ol CT Gr. Spartacus, who, in
|"' -otl5.o So experience, Saidthat bis
-,n qai,t as tie clear brook By
D.. s,,tci. ,he childhood OF Char
....,g was almos, devoid OF interest,
,-,.s snd unanimous, az a self
...7 s,5l % mo not long s.nco, refer
d. f,. climate Of tho south.
u-fv Turned hor attention. however,
OF patriotism, hoping 20 OBJ
likelihood in the patriot limo some
ST., Investigated the grievances Of
--! gave hcT attention almost OK
CD tle invention OF some way by
I r., r,l-cs these grievances. Some
,..~ .,I not been roircssod for ccntu-
.-t t.ey ought TO tavc been ashamed OF
ling 20 all accounts, the grievances
r..e were. at that timo, IN full dress
..3-t sleeves, ready Tor tho ball to
opSa. c....o Coda. %
anon th, ball.
ISL, was q beautiful girl, with clear blue
rr,o,l nc equal distance from 4 tall,
,l, .oror,i nose. which was pale when in
bat flushed dclicately when she was
,~ Her ripe and ruddy French mouth
aa.r,3 and closed readily when She was en-
In conversation, and her white and
mi shoulders. ever and anon, whilc She
s.r..l humD,i themselves like a hired man
OIL bis way 90 dinner.
sbo lad also. tresses Of hair OF that pecul-
,r Titan variety which Is supposed to 60
v1.h frecslcs and q high temper. me his
tori,n saws that her hair looked black aslt
5.rilsl over her fair forehead and hung
bark across her shapely head, but at night,
ss 10 was drapcd across the richly carved
fr,ms of the au revoir where the fire light
~ tio Norman Hose company could play
rc,, II, Won would have thought it a bright
,ol i~oammarory red. Charlotte Corday
v,s tqU and graceful. and when her elastic
e.., ,Yi heroic feet followed tho light meas
r~o of some rav French June at an October
r,prsin p,.'inr. she could dance on Tor
hours without Earring the glass IN the WIN
d1cs very much.
u.r o9 +1,no was simple and did not cost
a~r.st deal. il consisted of a Normandy
oe1 mai. of clo,sc cloth in shape Ike the
tsrof setting L.1. and trimmed IN front
vb r..I French lace from She ten cent
counter Ii,r dress was all wool dclaino
with min stripe in il and trimmed with the
s,-e Her o.her dresses wero different
Usr stockings vcro tall and slender as seen
b,.eipv on The woman clothes line at Cacn,
but her heart was gay and happy as the day
was long.
Charlotte Corday was one Of a large
family whose descendants were called Cor
dBroy. They were the %instigator5 of o style
n r,qd that has done more TO shorten the
SPINAL column and jolt the jejunum into
chaos than any other line Of inventions
throughout tho United States.
Chariot. Corday had q voice which ac-
conrari.l her in all her rambles, and it IS
sail THAT it was very musical and sounded
Grst rate.
Her parents wore poor, so she mad very
few advantages. rs viii be noticed al once
d. tle careful student who reads her MS5.
today anil notices whore she has frequently
sreI.i cabbage w.tha b.. She spoke Fr2ntb
Gu.a.lr. bat was familiar with no other Tor
o.-l t..-.. Whatever.
.n. tool. o great interest in politics, but
Oil u3. i-l9rs3 the administration She
felt moro specially bitter Oward q gentle
m4a usuel Narat. who was rather literary
iu his I.lis and who also acted as a KIM
Of clairnlu of the National Central COM
m..te.. TO his other work he has also ad-
del tie tedious and cXhaustlng task OF pick
Ing out people and indorsing them - suira-
Die persons % be bchccd3l Being o jour
naIist De bad to write narl all tho evening
% rt tho ..o0E full Of red hot pOliSical cdl-
torilI COPY. aud then when lie should have
gone TO- bsl and TO rest, he had TO take the
directory and pick out enough people for a
mess tlc following day.
In this way Marat was kept very busy,
with The foreman on bis heels all day and
the ctilo.ino on his heels all night, and
every nan was afraid TO sec the deputy
sheriff coming. for fear no had a subpoena
for hin. IL was 10 unusual thing in those
DAYS for "a Frcnchman 10 turn of the gas
and go % bel, Only to find his shirt collar
all bloody whore the gIillotino had banged
bis hair jas, above his Adams apple in the
morning.
Those woro indeed squirning times, as II.
Dc L1martiao, q humorous writer of France,
has sd truly said No man felt perfectly
safe when De saw Marat at a sociablc or a
caucus. 1t was impossible TO tell whether
b. bad como TO write the thing mp for his
paper or p.c, out some moro PEOPLE 10 be
ElclJv tle administration They got 80
tha. -arot could induce any Of them 20 sub
c.5'lor Dis paper, and people advertised
m IBIS columns for things they did not want
In order % show that they felt perfectly
freul'J toward him.
il twas Of this time that Charlotte Corday
ca.'cl ono morning ct the apartments Of
NJ. Narot with q view TO cssassinating him.
Sac sent in Worl that q young lady from
Caen desired 10 see Ar. carat for the pur-
poe Of ptyiug her subscription. She was
told that the editor was taking a bath. She
laughed a cold, incredulous laugh, for she
had s3en q great many French journalists,
nrI rU.. 1900. - H.. cont wnr1 70 Ip~ fhQf